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On June 30 in Belgrade, Nikola Komsic – the coordinator for regulatory reforms within the non-governmental National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED) – stated that the introduction of a unified database of quality control reports on the deliverables of public procurement contracts would increase the transparency of procurement processes in Serbia.
“Serbia still does not have a database offering a unified overview of the quality of goods and services delivered by chosen providers, so it is necessary to consider [creating one] to increase transparency,” Komsic told BETA.
As an example of such a database, Komsic cited Germany, which introduced a Registry of Public Procurement this June. Public authorities are obliged to enter into the Registry any service/goods providers with whom they have had problems or who have violated the law.
“In the case of serious infractions, there is the possibility of a five-year ban on participating in public procurement tenders. For lesser violations, there is a three-year ban [after which] ordering parties are allowed to refuse such providers at their own discretion,” Komsic explained.
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